For seven or eight days in a row, in addition to rectifying the city's defense and responding to important military and political affairs, Li Yuan devoted himself to the ordnance prison.

Hu Gui and a group of craftsmen have not slackened, since Li Yuan gave him the method of cold forging and issued a series of tasks, the weapons prison has been resounding day and night "clanging" hammer sound, hundreds of shirtless men sweat with all their strength, some make armor, some refine soldiers, some start the furnace, some temper, the division of labor is clear, orderly. The fire of the furnace was baking brightly, and after a few days, the air was already full of hormones.

At this time, Li Yuan was squinting his eyes, leaning lazily on the seat, admiring the busy scene in front of him with great interest, and the sound of hammering iron in his ears from time to time was boring, but for him, it was like a symphony with a frustrated rhythm, and his heart was filled with a strong sense of satisfaction and pride. And Lin Sichang took his own soldiers to guard with a strict face, since the marshal is so trusting and entrusts his life to himself, then no matter when and where, he must always be vigilant and never relax.

After a moment, an exclamation woke Li Yuan to his senses: "Handsome, handsome!" It's done! ”

Li Yuan's eyes widened suddenly, and when he got up, he saw Hu Gui's two big hands carefully holding a piece of armor, looking at his nervous expression, as if he was afraid of breaking the things in his hands, he didn't dare to run away, so he could only take an awkward posture and walk quickly with his legs stretched.

"How is it so fast?" Li Yuan frowned, and subconsciously opened his mouth, after all, his understanding of the armor forging process was all on paper, and it was difficult for him to determine the specific practice, the relevant forging time and the effect of armoring. It's just that the armor is related to the life of the sergeant, and I hope Hu Gui and others will not be greedy for merit.

Hu Gui had already walked up to him, and then said in amazement: "Dashuai, isn't this the cold forging method you gave?" Tempered at room temperature, no need to start the furnace and temper, three people can be completed in ten days, but the lower official has called more than 30 people to make armor, of course, it is much faster...... The lower officials repeatedly selected from them, and only picked the best condition, please take a look! ”

Hearing this, Li Yuan smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly took the newly made armor to inspect it.

The color of this iron armor is not different from what Li Yuan had imagined before, the whole body is pitch black with a hint of cyan, and it is not at all different from the previous armor when you feel soft and very light, but the fist is tenacious, and the craftsmanship of Hu Gui and others can be seen to be skillful, and the pieces of armor leaves are tightly strung together with thin bands, and the surface is bright and can illuminate the human figure. Li Yuan looked closely, his hair was faintly visible, and a strange idea was inexplicably born in his heart, this thing could be used as a bronze mirror......

Taking a deep breath, Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and he praised again and again: "He is worthy of being an ordnance supervisor!" This cold-forged armor is simply a natural hand! ”

Hu Gui's face turned red, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The handsome man is too famous!" This armor can be achieved, all of which rely on the method given by the marshal, and the lower officials just draw the gourd in the same way and fight it! ”

Ignoring Hu Gui's flattery, Li Yuan couldn't wait to test it, so he ordered Lin Sichang to move a stone case, and then spread the cold forging armor on it, and then took out the imperial sword given by the emperor at his waist and slashed it fiercely.

Only heard a sharp and piercing sound of "bang", Li Yuan riveted his strength, and the tiger's mouth was slightly numb, but he saw that the cold forging armor did not move at all, and the dull blue and black light patterns seemed to have precipitated the years, quiet and calm. And Li Yuan did not stop, but slashed dozens of swords one after another, this appearance of gritting teeth, others don't know what grudge they think the handsome has with this armor.

In the end, the stone case under the armor is a hard object, not a living body, when the slash reached the sixth or seventieth sword, Li Yuan was already a little breathless, so he put the sword back into the sheath, and then ordered several personal soldiers to step forward one by one to chop and test, and after counting three or four hundred swords, he ordered to stop and ordered Hu Gui to check.

After all, it was the first time to give Li Yuan the results of the test, and Hu Gui, who had been nervous for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward at this time, skillfully checked several key points of the armor, and then kept pulling and looking at it, and after a while, he replied in surprise: "Handsome, there is no damage at all, and there are no sword marks left!" ”

Lin Sichang and the others who were watching next to him were full of surprise, you must know that although these pro-soldiers are still young, since they joined the army, they have been in the Dianzhi Army and the Weisheng Army, and there is naturally no shortage of various armor and blade forbidden troops in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so they can be regarded as having seen the world. In terms of the Mingguang armor they were wearing, this was already the best armor in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but after a round of battles, not to mention the cracked armor leaves, the sword marks were mottled was certain, and the hardness of the cold-forged armor on the stone case in front of them had obviously exceeded their cognition.

"Good armor! Good nails! Lin Sichang couldn't help but take the lead in cheering.

Li Yuan's face did not change, because his method of experimentation was completely based on the book "Mengxi Writings", but this was only the first step of the experiment, and then he gave a few orders to Lin Sichang, temporarily moved a straw man as an arrow target in the open space, put this cold forging armor neatly on it, and then ordered everyone to retreat fifty steps away, its intention is self-evident.

"Sichang, how many stone bows can you fire?"

Lin Sichang was stunned for a while, then stood still and replied loudly: "Dashuai, the last general is ashamed, he has more than one stone!" ”

More than one stone? Li Yuan nodded silently, he didn't see the wrong person, this personal commander was sincere. You must know that the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty are not as good as the northerners, their physical fitness is uneven, the average level is only eight buckets, and the elite soldiers are more than one stone per capita, unless they are fierce generals or wrestlers, the limit can be opened to two or three stones. However, the training bow is different from the real bow, for example, Luo Erhu can sometimes open three stones when he exercises, but he can only open two stones in actual combat, which is already very rare.

It was recorded in the "New Tang Dynasty Book" that the bow used by the two tiger generals Zhang Shigui and Wang Zhongsi had a pulling force of 150 catties. There is still a bit of a difference between the Jin of the Tang Dynasty and the modern Jin, which is converted to two hundred catties, which is equivalent to less than three stones and five catties, which is an exaggeration! As for the characters described in the book, who can easily open seven or eight stone bows, they are not heroes, they are immortals.

"Take this handsome bow!" Li Yuan waved his hand domineeringly, and the soldiers beside him trotted up and sent a gold-painted strong bow.

"Si Chang, you try Ben Shuai's bow, two stones!"

Lin Sichang took it without hesitation and responded crisply: "Follow the orders of the marshal!" I will definitely do my best! ”

At this time, I saw a slightly excited look in Lin Sichang's eyes, after all, it is a very honorable thing to be named by the marshal, and it is a very honorable thing to perform an archery in front of everyone, but at the same time I am slightly apprehensive, this is a two-stone bow, what should I do if I can't pull it away or miss it, this is not a shame for myself, as a personal commander, I will lose the face of the handsome......

With Li Yuan's order, Lin Sichang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sorted out his mind, until his heart was clear, he took a deep breath and began to concentrate.

I saw him standing unhurriedly with a bow, and then closed his eyes, not knowing what he was silently chanting in his heart, and a gust of wind through the hall suddenly swept gently.

Suddenly, Lin Sichang's eyes widened, his lower coil was steady, his arms were tense, and he wound the arrow neatly, only to hear a dull sound of "boom", and the strong bow was gradually full, until it creaked exaggeratedly, and it was almost an arc moon at this time.

"Smack!" At the moment when Lin Sichang let go of the bowstring, everyone's eyes followed the sharp arrow whistling, and the path was fifty steps away from the grass heart, but the arrow unexpectedly did not pass through the armor, but as if colliding with a solid stone, and then fell straight to the ground with a clang!

Li Yuan shouted first: "Okay! At this time, the onlookers echoed and cheered.

Lin Sichang smiled shyly, his heart was surging, he never thought that he really pulled this bow away today, was this a fluke or did his arm strength really grow? But what surprised him the most was that the seemingly thin cold forging armor could even block a strong bow? It's incredible!

Gradually, he had a stronger sense of awe for Li Yuan, such a treasure armor is difficult to find in the world, where did the handsome forging method come from? After that, if the army is all equipped with this cold forging armor, what is there to fear in the battlefield? Is my handsome family blessed by heaven and man......

Hu Gui hurriedly stepped forward to take off the cold forging armor, and then trotted back to Li Yuan, obviously he never thought that the armor he forged with his own hands was so hard, and then he almost wanted to cry excitedly, and said slowly: "Dashuai, this cold forging armor is as solid as a rock, I'm afraid it is an ancient meteoric iron, and it is difficult to compare!" The lower official congratulates the handsome man for obtaining such a divine object! Since then, our Wuping Army has been invincible in battle! ”

Lin Sichang led the soldiers and couldn't help himself, and they all shouted generously: "Congratulations to the marshal!" Congratulations! ”

Li Yuan, whose mind was already swaying, was violently rising and falling his chest at this time, according to the "Mengxi Writings", this cold forging armor had obviously reached the qualification standard of "going fifty steps, shooting it with a strong crossbow, and not entering", and the performance in practice was so good, Shen Mengxi Cheng did not deceive me!

Li Yuan said excitedly: "Hu Jian Cheng has made a meritorious contribution to the armor casting, and the reward is fifty times, and the craftsmen who participated in the armor casting will each be rewarded with ten times!" ”

Hu Guixi raised his eyebrows, and after thanking him again and again, he arched his hand and said: "Marshal, now the cold forging armor has been completed, but the number of troops required is really huge, and there are other blades that need to be made, so the subordinate suggested that the ordnance supervisor should recruit a wide range of manpower in order to hurry up and make ......."

Li Yuan waved his hand without hesitation: "Quasi!" But Ben Shuai still said that, the leaker is killed! Shoddy slash! ”

Seeing that the handsome man trusted him so much, how could Hu Gui dare to live up to it if he was flattered? After making up his mind, he bowed down and responded: "The lower official remembers the order of the commander!" ”